List of terrorist incidents, 1973
This is a timeline of incidents in 1973 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
Sudan, March 1: Black September takes ten hostages (five of them diplomats) at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Khartoum. Three western diplomats are killed.[1] Palestinian gunmen burst into the embassy, and took Moore hostage, as well as fellow American Cleo Allen Noel, a Belgian diplomat, and two others.[1]
USSR, May 18: An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B flying from Irkutsk Airport to Chita Airport explodes in flight after a passenger detonated a bomb when refused passage to China. The plane crashed east of Lake Baikal, with all 82 passengers killed.[2]
Norway, 21 July: Israeli Mossad agents shot and killed Ahmed Bouchiki, an innocent Moroccan waiter and brother of the renowned musician Chico Bouchikhi, in Lillehammer. The Israeli agents had mistaken their target for Ali Hassan Salameh, the chief of operations for Black September. Six of the Mossad team of fifteen were captured and convicted of complicity in the killing by the Norwegian justice system, in a major blow to the intelligence agency's reputation.- USSR, September 1: A man blows himself up inside Lenin Mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square. Two women standing next to him also died.[3]
United Kingdom, September 10: The IRA set off bombs at London's King's Cross Station and Euston Station, injuring 21 people.[4]
Austria, September 28: Two Arab terrorists hijack the Chopin-Express from Moscow to Vienna at the East-West border in Marchegg. The train is often used by Jewish exilants from the USSR. The terrorists demand the closure of an Austrian transit camp for Jews on their way to Israel. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (Jewish himself) complies and allows the terrorists to escape to Libya.[5]
Italy, December 17: Pan Am Flight 110: 30 passengers were killed when Palestinian guerillas threw phosphorus bombs aboard the aircraft as it prepares for departure.[6] - United Kingdom, December 27: A bomb exploded inside a pub in Belfast killing 3 people and injured 34.
See also
- List of terrorist incidents
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jureidini, Paul A. Middle East Quarterly, Review of Assassination in Khartoum, June 1994
- ↑ "Tupolev 104B CCCP-42411 Chita". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ↑ Oberg, James E. Uncovering Soviet Disasters: Exploring the Limits of Glasnost. Random House, New York 1988; p.104
- ↑ BBC: Bomb blasts rock central London, On this day, September 10, 1973
- ↑ DeRouen, Karl (2005). Defense and Security: A Compendium of National Armed Forces and Security Policies. ABL-CLIO. p. 67.
- ↑ Ramsden, J. M., ed. (27 December 1973). "Rome hijacking" (PDF). FLIGHT International (IPC Transport Press Ltd). Volume 104 (Number 3380): p.1010. Retrieved 11 February 2015 – via flightglobal.com/pdfarchive.
... ran on to the apron and two phosphorus bombs were thrown into the front and rear entrances of a Pan American 707 Celestial Clipper, with 170 passengers on board
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